RBR ***Official*** Sherdog Sanctioned Berchelt vs Valdez RBR ESPN Top Rank 2/20

[SteveColdStone]

It’s always cool to see the shorter fighter with the shorter reach out-jab an opponent like Valdez did. That was all around a fantastic performance.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Berchelt's wife is a baddie. He got hit tonight.

Tomorrow, her turn.

 

[RascalBird]

If the woman in purple was Berchelt's wife then I think he will recover quite well, lol.

 

[Old Cat]

Berchelt didn’t look good being loading into the ambulance.

 

[jeff7b9]

He was BADLY hurt from that first knockdown, his legs were not under him at all for the rest of that round and the first minute of the next round (4->5 I think). if this wasn’t a title fight I think the fight gets stopped at the first knockdown.

but Berchelt kept coming forward. I see a lot of people questioning the corner but I can also see an argument that he was still in the fight. Clearly losing on the cards, but he won a few rounds after the first knockdown and even seemed like he was starting to take control of the fight and overwhelming Valdez with pressure (r6&7) ...

Until the second knockdown.


20/20 hindsight and all but I think the fight was competitive enough (until the end of the 9th when that second knockdown) that it is a tough call to ask a corner to throw the towel and take their guy’s belt away when he was coming forward and he is a guy with 34 KOs and a 6 pound weight advantage.


Great fight.

Very impressive how Valdez made the adjustment to really turn up the angles to turn the tide of the fight after Berchelt was successful with his pressure in rounds 7-8.

 

[Ruv]

Valdez on point with the inspirational speech.

 

[Badoldman]

In terms of boxing ability, I have not seen a champ with as bad technique as Berchelt in a good while.

Valdez had a little something to do with that.

 

[TheLastSpartan]

Pretty bad ko. I think worse than the leo santa cruz one

Idk man, I don’t think the actual KO shot was as devastating as the one LSC took from Tank. But Berchelt certainly took more head damage overall as he was battered relentlessly.

 

[BFG]

Berchelt didn’t look good being loading into the ambulance.

Agreed, I really hope he's ok. Good chins are sometimes a bad thing for your overall health.

 

[Mr2urbo]

I thought Valdez was going to get into a war with Berchelt and pay for it, great job in sticking to his gameplan

 

[Badoldman]

Yeah, brave corners have gotten guys killed before. They should be there to save the fighter from himself. No champion wants to quit, even if they should.

Agreed. The father-son trainers are the absolute worst.

 

[BFG]

Idk man, I don’t think the actual KO shot was as devastating as the one LSC took from Tank. But Berchelt certainly took more head damage overall as he was battered relentlessly.

Berchelt also has eaten more shots than Santa Cruz since his defense is godawful. It's not the KO that leads to brain bleeds, it's the sustained damage over multiple rounds (and multiple fights) in most cases.

 

[soggyfist]

Thought Berchelt would overwhelm Oscar. Man was I way off.

 

[Mr2urbo]

And that’s the end of Berchelt’s run, he’s completely done after tonight.

 

[Seano]

Valdez had a little something to do with that.

He seemed stuck in second gear after he got hurt that first time.

 

[linvillegorge]

In terms of boxing ability, I have not seen a champ with as bad technique as Berchelt in a good while.

I mean, it wasn't THAT long ago...

 

[Badoldman]

He seemed stuck in second gear after he got hurt that first time.

Eating those hooks had Berchelt fighting on skates. No timing, no anticipation, just guts and muscle memory. Body couldn’t execute what the brain said to do.

 

[HandNoise]

He was BADLY hurt from that first knockdown, his legs were not under him at all for the rest of that round and the first minute of the next round (4->5 I think). if this wasn’t a title fight I think the fight gets stopped at the first knockdown.

but Berchelt kept coming forward. I see a lot of people questioning the corner but I can also see an argument that he was still in the fight. Clearly losing on the cards, but he won a few rounds after the first knockdown and even seemed like he was starting to take control of the fight and overwhelming Valdez with pressure (r6&7) ...

Until the second knockdown.


20/20 hindsight and all but I think the fight was competitive enough (until the end of the 9th when that second knockdown) that it is a tough call to ask a corner to throw the towel and take their guy’s belt away when he was coming forward and he is a guy with 34 KOs and a 6 pound weight advantage.


Great fight.

Very impressive how Valdez made the adjustment to really turn up the angles to turn the tide of the fight after Berchelt was successful with his pressure in rounds 7-8.

It looks like he never got his legs back from that first Hook to the temple. For a guy that is so active in there he was clumsily chasing Valdez in straight lines and when he’d close the distance he wouldn’t throw and when he did there was no snap in his shots at all. Think Valdez was running due to pressure but it unintentionally worked in taking that last bit of juice off Berchelt's legs

 

[Hagler]

This isn’t figure skating and we knew it, but damn, I’m still a little shocked. An horrendous beating, then the one-punch flatliner. Yikes.

 

[Cariñito]

Eddy Reynosos not the the guy too bet against right now.
He did a great job with Valdez and should get alot of credit for this win.